Steven Pinker Quotes

The three-year-old, then, is a grammatical genius - master of most constructions, obeying rules far
more often than flouting them, respecting language universals, erring in sensible, adultlike ways,
and avoiding many kinds of errors altogether.

- Steven Pinker

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